The Storm of War
A New History of the Second World War
New York : Harper, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: lvi, 712 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
A comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice.
Contents:
Onslaught -- Four invasions : September 1939-April 1940 -- Führer imperator : May-June 1940 -- Last Hope Island : June 1940-June 1941 -- Contesting the Littoral : September 1939-June 1942 -- Kicking in the door : June-December 1941 -- Tokyo typhoon : December 1941-May 1942 -- Climacteric -- The everlasting shame of mankind : 1939-1945 -- Five minutes at Midway : June 1942-October 1944 -- Midnight in the devil's gardens : July 1942-May 1943 -- The motherland overwhelms the fatherland : January 1942-February 1943 -- The waves of air and sea : 1939-1945 -- Up the wasp-waist peninsula : July 1943-May 1945 -- Retribution. A salient reversal : March-August 1943 -- The cruel reality : 1939-1945 -- Norman conquest : June-August 1944 -- Western approaches : August 1944-March 1945 -- Eastern approaches : August 1943-May 1945 -- The land of the setting sun : October 1944-September 1945.
ISBN:
9780061228599
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HISTORY War WWII Rob | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-675) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-675) and index.